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After debating over a competitive role, it was announced on January 31 by WWE that
Mickey Rourke, the star of The Wrestler, would appear at WrestleMania XXV as a guest and not as a competitor.
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There are currently 584 articles in
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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the
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Consider expanding an article from the project's list of
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There are currently 581 articles in
Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the
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The
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There is an ongoing discussion
here regarding what constitutes a "World Championship". All members are encouraged to particpate in the discussion.
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It was announced on the February 16 episode of Raw that
Terry and
Dory Funk, Jr. will be the second and third inductees, into the
WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009; they will be inducted by
Dusty Rhodes.
HDNet announced that episode airings of
Ring of Honor would begin on March 31.
It was reported by a
Nielsen Media Research ratings report that the February 19 broadcast of TNA's Impact earned a 1.3 television rating, the highest rounded number the promotion has ever drawn.
WWE announced the release of
Scotty Goldman from the company.
On an episode of Friday Night SmackDown, WWE announced the return of
Gail Kim to the promotion via a video
promo.
It was reported on February 21 that
Sonjay Dutt had been released from his TNA contract, and this was confirmed with the removal of his profile from TNA's official website.
On February 20, it was reported that
Freddie Prinze, Jr., a
scriptwriter for Friday Night SmackDown, had been released from his contract with WWE.
On February 23:
Afa Anoa'i, Jr., known by his ring name "Manu", was released from his WWE contract.
On Raw, it was announced that
Ricky Steamboat will be the fourth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009; he will be inducted by
Ric Flair.
On February 25, WWE announced that they had discontinued the
WWE One Night Stand name, and that their 2009 event would be replaced with the name 'Extreme Rules'.
ROH taped the first episode airings of their television series for HDNet on February 28 from the
The Arena.
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There are currently 559 articles in
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It was reported by a
Nielsen Media Research ratings report that the March 19 broadcast of TNA Impact! earned a 1.34 television rating, the highest number the promotion has ever drawn.
Howard Finkel was announced as the seventh inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009 via WWE's official website.
Editing tips
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Manual of Style and general editing tips.
Consider expanding an article from the project's list of
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When editing an article, use the
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All Wikipedia articles should be written from a
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